Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-30

while was in Leavenworthn The witness
also MED having said he believed in kill
ing these fellow, not whipping them" or
having asked Sslzar to 60 on his bonds, as he
twitnessl had put his foot in it He never
told Bismarck" while the latter was in jail,
that be was looking for a man who would
swear to anything. He did not know
which pocket Alensderf drew his pistol
from When the shot was fired he was
about twenty-five feet from Mr. Hadiock,
and was followed, he thought by BIS
marckn on running away from the scene.
The redirect examination brought out
nothing of Importance and Leavitt stepped
down, and Mrs Leavitt, his wife, was called.
She said she first heard of the murder while
in Johnson's restaurant. A few days later
she overheard a conversation between her
husband and Arensdorf, whom she knew by
sight. Witness at the time was kneeling
down by window attending to some birds
in her room over Mc(iies' tailor shop.
Lsavitt was standing in front of the house,
and Arensiorf walked up TO him Prisoner
said: II have Just been up before the grand
jury. ! suppose the next person they'll call
will be Henry Peters. Hes a - Dutch
man, and can't fix him for any evidence.
guess III have to send him to Nebraska or to
Germany" Witness gathered from the con-
veI sation that Peters was to be sent first TO
Nebraska and then to his home in Germany.
On cross-examination witness said shs was
married in New York ten years ago She
did not say on hearing that Haddock was
killed: Good; I'm glad that - is killed
nor did she say in the presence Of any one
that the saloon men had no sand and that if
she had them she would put petticoats on
them. She ais , denied having said that for
cents she would 'do mp Hadlock herself
She never appeared at her husbands variety
| show as an actress, bat she visited the place
quite frequently in the evening.
"Did you ever drink beer there in a pri-
| vate boxs' asked the lawyer.
yes, SIR was the cool reply; al have
| drank beer in a private box there with you,
Mr.. Argo.'
A burst Of laughter greeted this tart re-
tort, for which the lawyer was evidently I'M
prepared, and the court officers were obliged
to call for order. On the redirect the wit
ness said that when examined by the grand
| jury she was too i'll to get M
| Albert koSnitski was then called, and there
was buzz of excitement as Bismarck
stepped up on the stand. Witness sail that
| on the day OF the murder he met George
| Treiber and went with him into his (Trei.
ber's) saloon, after having some talk. They
then went to the court house, where some
whisky cases were being trieI. Mr.. Haddock
being witness, He and Treiber went away
! from the court house, and when they got
into Seventh street Treiher pointed out Had,
docks house Bismarck then left the stand
and was replaced BIZ T. p Murphy, a hack
man, who said that on the night of the mur.
der he drove past the Columbia house meal
which Mr. Haddock was killed. The cleo.
trio light on Fourth street was sufficiently
bright to enable him to recngnize any one he
knew at distance Of seventeen PAGES.
The defense then began argument asains
admitting his evidence. Calming that eyi.
dence Of conspiracy was not sufficiently clear
to allow of his testifying. The indictment
did not charge conspiracy, and as the de
Tense had received no notice shat such was t.
be charged counsel were unprepared to dis
prove it, The arguments Of the defens
lasted long. ami were directed largely t,
| showing that the indictment, drawn as j
was with direct charge of murder, withou
an ayerment of a conspiracy to commit suci
crime, did not warrant The admission of an,
testimony to show that such conspirac,
had pre-existed. After hearing all the argu
ments the court decided that Bismarck ties
timony would be received, AMI court :hei
adjourned. This is conceded 10y the defens4
TO be big point for the state.